Uncovering Terry Gilliam: A Daughter's Devotion

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I’m a Daddy’s girl, always have been. And at 31 it’s pretty safe to say I always will be. So I can appreciate, to a certain degree, the task that Holly Gilliam is undertaking for her father. She has taken it upon herself to archive every scribble, sketch and note that Terry Gilliam ever wrote and kept. Terry is one of the founding members of Monty Python, is the director of such films as Time Bandits(1981),12 Monkeys(1995), and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2009), and even attempted to adapt Alan Moore’s Watchmen comics into films in the 80s and 90s to no avail.

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You can get updates on Holly’s progress by following her on Twitter @hollydubois. If you have ever wanted a glimpse into the inner workings of a truly original and creative mind, then this is the place for you. Just take a look at this interview from 1982 with Terry Gilliam talking Time Bandits on the third episode of Letterman (note: not for little ears).

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